Robert Rumsey lived in Connecticut about 1667 when he married Rachel Frost. He probably came from Wales. He was the father of seven children. Information on many of his descendants is included in this material. Descendants now live throughout the United States. Includes Rumsey, Doud, and related families. .

Jeremiah Rumsey was born in Connecticut about 1763. He married Asenath Doud in 1791 and they moved to Tioga county, Pennsylvania with other members of their families after the Revolutionary War. Information on their descendants as well as some background on their ancestral lines is included in this volume. Descendants live in Pennsylvania, and have gradually moved into the midwestern states. Includes Rumsey, Doud, Austin, Robbins, Dewey, Webster,...

Martin Allen (1780-1837) was born at Newport, Campbell County, Kentucky, the son of Benjamin Allen (ca. 1752-1813), probably an immigrant from Ireland. He married Elizabeth Vice (1784-1843), a native of Virginia, in 1804 at Newport. They had ten children, 1805-1824. The family was living in Louisiana by 1810. Martin and his two oldest son traveled to Texas in 1821 and selected land in what is now Wharton County, Texas. The family migrated there in...

Robert Rumsey (ca. 1645-1712) is said to be the son of Robert and Matilda Sherfield Rumsey. He was born in England and died in Fairfield, Conn. About 1667, he married Rachael Frost (d. 1717), the daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth Barlow Frost. They had seven children whose descendants have scattered throughout the U. S.

Family history and genealogical information about the ancestors and descendants of Thomas Benjamin King who was born ca. 1803 in Petersburg, Dinwiddie Co., Virginia. He was a descendant of Michael King who immigrated to America from England sometime prior to the year 1670 and married Elizabeth Hiry. Thomas married Elizabeth (surname also King) sometime prior to the year 1829. They lived in North Carolina and were the parents of three known children....

Jonathan Woodruff (1798-1882) is believed to have been born in Tunkhannock Township, Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania. He married Delila Cromer ca. 1822 and in 1855 married Sally Bemis. He was the father of twelve known children. Jonathan died in Hillsdale, Michigan. Descendants lived primarily in Michigan, Ohio and elsewhere.

John Berry Sr. (1786-1866) was born in West Louisville, Kentucky and served in the War of 1812. He moved to Illinois in 1815, to Texas in 1826/1827, and married three times. After several moves, the family finally settled in 1845 in Milan (later Williamson) County, Texas. Descendants and relatives lived in Illinois, Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona and elsewhere. Includes several chapters on at least two possible Berry lines of ancestry...